Clothometer-gage



UNITED STATES vPATENT OFFICE.

JOHANNES TH. IPEDERSEN, OF FLUSHING, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESN ASSIGN- AMZENTS, TO THE MEASUREGRAPH COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF 1VISS OURI.

CLOTHOMETER-GAGE.

T 0 all whom t may concern Be it known that I.. JOHANNES T. FEDER SEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Flushing, county of Queens, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothometer-Gages, of which the following is a specif fication.

My invention relates to apparatus for measuring cloth, ribbons and the like.

My invention is particularly useful when applied to a type of measuring machine in which the Vfabric to be measured is pulled through a guide slot in the housing of the machine, the fabric in passing through the slot operating to rotate a measuring roller whose rotation is imparted to the indicating mechanism. Such machines have usually been provided with a pivoted knife mounted within or on the rear wall of the housing with respect to the direction in which the cloth is pulled; hence the rear wall of the housing constitutes the point or particular plane from which the cloth is measured. n making a measurement with such a machine, it is therefore' necessary toaline the forward edge of the cloth substantially with the rear before beginning the measuring movement. 'In practice the operator of such a machine finds it diificult to effect the preliminary alinement referred to for the very practical reason that it is necessary for the forward edge of the cloth to project far enough beyond the rear wall of the housing, to permit it to be seized by the fingers; the result is that operators tend to wall of the housing be careless in making this alinement and have a tendency to start the measuring movement with a small portion of theY cloth projecting beyond the side of the housing. Of course, in any one portion of cloth is small, and yet the aggregate loss to the seller in measuring large quantities of cloth in this way is considerable, particularly where cloth is being sold at a relatively high price per yard.

The general object of the present invention is to overcome this difficulty and to provide simple means to facilitate the accurate preliminary alinement of the cloth ybefore making the the knife so that it will be safely guarded.

Further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter.

measurement this measurement; and also to mountV Specification of Letters Patent. :Patented NOV, 29, ,1921.

Application filed December 9, 1919. Serial No. 343,636.

tures, and inthe general combination of parts to be particularly described hereinafter, vall of which contribute to produceasimple and efficient clothometer gage.v A preferred embodiment of my invention will be particularly described in the following specifica? tion, while the broad scope of my invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Any embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings A'in which Figure l is a front View of a measur- Ying apparatus of the clothometer type equipped with a measuring ledgeand cutting apparatus. Fig. 2 isa side view of the ledge andpcutting apparatus, Fig. 3 is a plan view of the measuring ledge lwith the cutting knife in the down position. Fig. 4 isa perspective view of the knife guard. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section on line .5#5, Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a perspective of the knife spring.`

Fig. 7 is a section on the line l7 7, Fig. 2, and Fig. 8 is a detail of a roll operating handle. Y

Reference character V10 designates the housing of a cloth measuring or metering machine. AThe measurementis accomplished in a well-known manner through rotation of the measuring roller 11 by the cloth 12 when pulled past it, the cloth being held inY contactvwith the roll 11b-y means of the springactuated presser roll 13. Roll 13 is operated by handle 14 before taking the measurement, to separate it from roll 11k to admit the cloth therebetween, and again after the measurement has been taken, to release the cloth. The presser roll presses kthe cloth 12 up -into engagement with the measuring roll 11. The measuring apparatus maybe of any desired construction, and the detail construction thereof is not illustrated herein.

The clothbeing measured, or the edge thereof, is received in and passes through a gap or slotll in vhousing 10, into which the faces of rolls V11 and 13 extend. The bottom of the slotv is substantially horizontal. At one side -of the housing .10, preferably the rear side with respect to the direction from which the cloth is pulled, the housing 10 is provided witha laterally proj ectingledge 16, the upper face whereof is substantially in alinement Vwith the bottom of slot 15in the housing 10. Such ledge may be constructed in various ways. In theform shown it is made out of apiece of angle bar separate from the housing and attachedv thereto yby screws 17 passed through the angle bar flange 18.

The outer edge 19 of ledge 16 is freely eX- posed and rapidly accessible; it is also at a distance from the side of the housing, and in full view of the operator. Hence it is Well adapted for use as a measuring gage for positioning the end of a piece of cloth thereon in beginning the measuring operation and also for notching its edge when the desired length of material has been passed through the measuring device.

While the edge of the ledge may be used as a marking gage or may be made sharp and used for starting a tear to mark the cutoff line, I prefer to provide a knife for this purpose in line with the edge of the ledge, which can be readily actuated to cut or mark the goods measured off. The knife is preferably provided with a guard, but the handle, by which the knife can be readily operated, is exposed.

In the form shown the edge 19 of ledge 16 is cut away somewhat toward one end, producing a notch or recess 19 (see F ig. 3) which is provided with a stationary cutting blade 20 in line with the edge 19 and adapted to cooperate with a movable blade, the two blades acting together substantially like a pair of shears. Blade 20 is secured to the vertical flange 21, of an angle clip which is secured to the underside of the ledge 16; and the blade 20 and member 21 are provided with an opening 22 to provide a bearing for the pivot or pivot bolt 23 of the pivotally mounted blade 2e. At the outer end of blade 24 is the operating handle or thumbpiece 25.

Pivot 23 has a head 26, and between this head and the depending member 21 is the coil spring 27, one end of which is secured to head 26 of pivot 23, as by screw 27 and the opposite end of which is received under and held down by the downward and rearward extension 16 of ledge 16. Spring 27 serves the dual purposes of keeping the blades in close and cutting contact and holding blade 211 with its handle or thumb-piece in its rais-ed or uppermost position. The guard 28, preferably formed as a metal stamping, surrounds blade 211 and the back 29 thereof serves as a stop to limit the upward movement of blade 24C. The face plate 80 of guard 28 is provided with a slot 31 in alinement with the slot 15 in the housing 1 0, and the inturned portion 32 has a vertical flange 32a that operates as an extension of the rear wall of such slot 15, with which l Y it alines. The guard 28 is secured in place on the ledge member by screws passing through openings 33 and 34 and its top and end flanges 35 and 86.

.In the operation of the device the cloth,

ribbon,ftape or other textile material tov be measured is placed in the apparatus, roll 18 being first depressed by handle 14; after the fabric is in place the handle is operated and the presser roller released to grip the material against the measuring roll 11. The free end of the material is brought to the edge 19 of ledge 16 as the starting point, and the material is drawn to the left until the indicating mechanism (not shown) indicates that the proper length has been obtained, whereupon the blade 24 is depressed and a cut made in the material. It is then removed from the apparatus, roll 13 being depressed to permit removal, andis then cut or torn off completely across. If desired, the ledge can be extended beyond the knife and provided with a line or mark thereon in line with the knife and adapted to be used in measuring, instead of the edge 19. j

1t will be evident that with the provision of the ledge with its ,determining edge projecting laterally and freely accessible, the measuring can be accomplished with ease, speed and precision, and without waste of material. y

The form illustrated is for affording ra clear understanding of my invention only, and changes and modifications may be resorted to, within the scope of my claims, `without departing fromor sacrificing the advantages of my invention.

1 claim:

1. A housing for a measuring machine, having a guide slot through which the cloth is pulled when measuring the same, in combination with a ledge adjacent the slot, and projecting from the rear side of the housing, and meanscarried on the ledge and removed from the side of the housing for Jinarking the edge of the fabric.

2. A housing for a measuring machine having a guide slot for the cloth, in combination with a ledge adjacentthe slot, the upper face of the ledge being substantially in alinement with the bottom of the slot, said ledge projecting from the rear side of the housing, and means carried on the ledge and removed from the side of the housing for marking the edge of the fabric.

3. A housing for a measuring machine having a slot, in combination with a ledge projecting from the rear side of the housing, a knife pivotally carried by the ledge adjacent the edge thereof remote from the side of the housing, and a guard normally receiving the knife.

4. A housing for a measuring machine having a guide slot with a substantially horizontal lower face for 'guiding `the underside of the cloth, .and a rear face for guiding the edge of the cloth when pulled Y through the slot, in combination with a ledge projecting from the rear side of the housing with its upper face substantially alining with the bottom of the slot, a fixed blade carried by the ledge, a pivotally supported knife to eoperate With the fixed blade, a` guard normally receiving the knife and means for normally holding the knife Within the guard.

5. A cloth measuring machine housing having a slot, in combination with a ledge projecting from the rear side of the housing, for supporting the cloth, a fixed blade supported by said ledge adjacent its outer edge, a knife guard comprising two substantially vertical plates disposed apart to reoeive a knife, a pivotally mounted knife, a pivot pin for supporting the same, and a spring disposed around the pivot pin for pressing the movable knife laterally against the xed blade' and for normally holding the knife Within the knife guard.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l hereto set my hand, this 8th 4day of 20 November, 1919.

JOHANNES TH. PEDERSEN. 

